Rather, “psychologists and medical doctors should be consulted to find out how serious an age change candidate is,” as well as his motivations for wanting his birth date amended. The philosopher argues that legal age shouldn’t be forced to match chronological age. “While we can stop whisky from aging by bottling it, we cannot stop humans from aging,” Räsänen acknowledges. “Why can’t I decide my own age?”)Räsänen isn’t arguing from the analogy that because sex change is permissible, so, too, should age change. But Räsänen says he has yet to hear a convincing argument against the case for age change.

Source: National Post March 31, 2019 20:26 UTC